Dr. Demento

Barret Eugene Hansen, known professionally as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present. Hansen created the Demento persona in 1970 while working at Pasadena, California station KPPC-FM. He played "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus on the radio, and DJ "The Obscene" Steven Clean said that Hansen had to be "demented" to play it, and the name stuck. His weekly show went into syndication in 1974 and was syndicated by the Westwood One Radio Network from 1978 to 1992. Broadcast syndication of the show ended on June 6, 2010, but the show continues to be produced weekly in an online version.

2 April 1941

Born on the same birth date (2 April 1941): Sonny Throckmorton

Born on the same birth day (2 April): Anis Fuleihan • Anthony Lake • Bernd Müller (footballer, born 1949) • Booker Little • Carl Kasell • Carlos Salcido • David Ferrer • György Konrád • Harindranath Chattopadhyay • Jack Buchanan • Jack Stokes (director) • Jan Tschichold • Joan D. Vinge • John Larsson • Keren Woodward • Larry Coryell • Leon Wilkeson • Michael Stone (loyalist) • Nóra Barta • Roddy Maude-Roxby • Sue Townsend • Wilhelmine Reichard • Zane Lamprey

Born in the same month (April 1941): Ajit Wadekar • Bobby Moore • Bobby Russell • Christopher Allsopp • Cornelia Frances • Ed Stewart • James Di Pasquale • Jan and Dean • Lucien Aimar • Michael D. Higgins • Michael Lynne • Michel Roux • Peter Fluck • Phil Austin • Philippé Wynne • Ryan O'Neal • Shirley Stelfox • Sonny Throckmorton • Stavros Dimas